ROSEMARY

ROSEMARY

It is a shrubby evergreen bush that grows up to 1.5 meters (4 feet) high with green-gray needle-shaped leaves and pale blue/lilac flowers that bees just love and is originally from Asia, but is now cultivated in France, Tunisia and Yugoslavia.

The name is derived from the Latin 'Rosmarinus' or 'sea dew', as it is rather fond of water. The Egyptians, Hebrews, Greeks and Romans considered the herb as sacred and even in the Middle Ages it was used to ward off evils spirits and used as a protection against the plague. It was burnt in French hospitals during epidemics.

Constituents of rosemary oil are:

a-pinene

Borneo

b-pinene

camphot

borne acetate

camphene

1,8-cineole

limonene

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* Rosemary oil should not be used during pregnancy and is unsuitable for people with epilepsy or high blood pressure.